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 subsistence  
[sʌb'sistәns]
n.
生存, 生活, 留存

  1. But the harsh words of the father in a drunken moment of excessive ancestral pride cause a dignified departure with the conciliatory donation of half her means of subsistence and the intimation that she is rejoining her husband.
    但父亲在一次酒后的刺耳话语中说了一些有关家世过分骄矜的话,使苔丝傲然离开了家。她把自己一半的生活费留给父母,并告诉他们她要去找丈夫团聚。